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Principles of Feng Shui • An Illustrated Guide to Chinese Geomancy • Sherman Tai Illustrated by Wee See Heng Translated by Clara Show ASIAPAC BOOKS ASIAPAC SINGAPORE

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Principles of

Feng Shui

• An Illustrated Guide to Chinese Geomancy •

Sherman Tai

Illustrated by Wee See HengTranslated by Clara Show

ASIAPAC BOOKS

ASIAPAC • SINGAPORE

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About the Author

Sherman Tai is a graduate of the Hong Kong TechnologicalUniversity and furthered his studies in California, USA. He laterembarked on a career in mechanical engineering and served in the He Ji-Huang Pu Group of Companies .

In his teens, Tai studied the Chinese art of divination under an expert.For more than 20 years, he researched extensively on the subject ofChinese astrology and feng shui, giving it a scientific and mathematicalapproach. In 1990, Tai emigrated to Canada and turned professionalgeomancer. His services are well sought-after by fellow emigrants whoare anxious to know their destiny.

Asiapac Comic Series by Sherman Tai

CHINESE HOROSCOPEAn Illustrated Guide to theChinese ZodiacRead this guide to chart your courseof action for each of the next 12years as well as to understand thepeople close to you.ISBN 978-981-229-524-8

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Contents

1 How the Art Of Feng Shui Came About 1

2 What is ‘Qi’? ‘ ’ 11

3 Yin & Yang 17

4 The Five Elements 23

5 Heavenly Stems 35

6 Earthly Branches 47

7 The 12 ‘Shen Sha’ (Divine And Curses) 73

8 The Eight Trigrams (Ba Gua) 89

9 Good & Bad Feng Shui 95

- Roads 98

- Bridges 101

- High-Rise Buildings 104

- Wen Bi Feng 106

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10 Auspicious Wedding Dates & Matrimonial Homes 111

- The Rat 114

- The Ox 116

- The Tiger 118

- The Rabbit 120

- The Dragon 122

- The Snake 124

- The Horse 126

- The Sheep 128

- The Monkey 130

- The Rooster 132

- The Dog 134

- The Pig 136

AppendicesEast Four and West Four Persons for Male and Female 139

Ways to Enhance Qi in the House 143 The Ideal Passage to Your House 149

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How the Art of Feng ShuiCame About

* Feng Shui

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Readers, did you knowthat feng shui, or geomancy, isactually a very intriguing art?

Let us nowenter the world

of feng shui.

Feng Shui

FENG SHUI

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We humans, livingin this cosmic world,are full of questions

about our existence.

How is it that somepeople are born towealth and plenty ...

... while others have toendure poverty and all

kinds of sufferings?

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According to ancient Chinese philosophy, a person’s life is affected by the dateand time of birth (ba zi) and the orientations of the place he lives (feng shui).

If you’re born on theright day and at the right time,you’ll have good fortune and

be well-provided for.

Only good fengshui and hard workcan guarantee you

a good life.

There is aquintessential

Chinese saying thatgoes: first, destiny;second, luck; third,

feng shui.Innate factorsDestinyLuck

Non-innatefactorsFeng-shuiPhilanthropyEducation

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To unravel a person’s fortunerequires a complex study ofhis date of birth, astrologicalsign, geographical location,and the Five Elements.

YEAR MONTH DAY TIME

METAL WOOD WATER FIRE EARTH

HEAVENLY STEMS EARTHLY BRANCHES

By combining the abovewith the art of feng shui,

one can accurately predicta person’s fate where life

and death; wealth andpoverty; and success and

failure are concerned.

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*1 Xu Gua Zhuan*2 Zhou Yi*3 Chinese Astrology*4 Zodiac Signs

The 12 birth signs in ChineseAstrology is one of the ways ofreading a person’s fortune.

When two people are born under thesame sign, theoretically, it means theyshare the same destiny.

We sharethe same

fate?

Hence, this methodof divinition issuperficial and

unreliable.

*1

*2*3

*4

This ismaking me

dizzy!

Since time immemorial, numerous books that attempt to unravel life’s mysterieshave been written. Most of them are either superficial or too profound to digest.

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Hi! I’m ahealthy,

bouncing babysoy bean!

When I growup, I want tobe a big soybean plant!

But ...

The place where I stay has bad feng shui ...

ROCK

NO SUNSHINE

NO RAIN

ROCKY GROUND

I WANT TOCHANGE MY

DESTINY! I WANTTO CHANGE THE

FENG SHUI!

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Destiny: what is in storefor the person and thedetermining factor of hisor her fortune.

I’m a soy bean.I will grow into asoy bean plant.

Feng shui: a combination ofnon-innate environmentalfactors.

SUNSHINE

RAIN

FERTILIZER

There mustbe a way to find

the answer.

Living things growfor a reason; things

happen for a cause. As inscience, there is a theory

governing every kindof phenomenon.

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Two people born under thesame Chinese birth sign do notnecessarily share the same fate.

The feng shui of a buildingmay produce differenteffects on two peopleof different ba zi*living there.

Not theplace

for me.

Thishouse suits

me fine.

In short, people not born of the same dateand time have dissimilar fates. The fengshui works differently on them too.

* ba zi means “eight characters”.

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Feng Shui Tips

Shapes of Land and Buildings

– Regular shapes such as squares and rectangles arerecommended.

– The left and right portions of the land should be balanced.